Ah Foppa. Great ballsy move, but the foot injuries turned him from dominant star to distraction by the end of his time here as a NHLer.

It didn't help much that before his last season, Bob Clarke basically did nothing to improve the team, and in fact made it worse (Handzus for Kyle Calder, Mark Cullen, Nolan Baumgartner)

Am I leight again?
- MarchHare

Fashionably

Am I leight again?
- Streit2ThePoint

Not very. Sorry.

Ah Foppa. Great ballsy move, but the foot injuries turned him from dominant star to distraction by the end of his time here as a NHLer.

It didn't help much that before his last season, Bob Clarke basically did nothing to improve the team, and in fact made it worse (Handzus for Kyle Calder, Mark Cullen, Nolan Baumgartner)
- Jsaquella

Randy Robitaille

Randy Robitaille
- jmatchett383

Yep. What a cluster(frank) that team was.

Yep. What a cluster(frank) that team was.
- Jsaquella

It's pretty impressive that Holmgren took a team that was dead last and turned them into an ECF team. Maybe they overachieved (or Montreal underachieved) a bit, but whatever other knocks you have on him, he did a great job that first year.

It's pretty impressive that Holmgren took a team that was dead last and turned them into an ECF team. Maybe they overachieved (or Montreal underachieved) a bit, but whatever other knocks you have on him, he did a great job that first year.
- jmatchett383

He had a very good start, unfortunately, he got to the point after the injury to Pronger where he was kind of caught. He was transitioning to the Giroux-Voracek-Simmonds forward core, and was hoping to have Pronger to anchor the defense for 4-5 more seasons.

When he went down, the doubling down and trading away more and more picks, and some of the questionable contracts left them in a rough spot. There was little in the system that could step in on a cheap ELC and teams started being more proactive to make sure their good young players would be locked up before they got to free agency.

I don't think he's incompetent, but he made some bad reads in free agency and that hurt. And while I have little doubt that the Flyers will be at or near the cap under Hextall, I don't think we're going to see a repeat of the huge contracts to fading players or the trading of picks for pending UFAs. Hextall is going to pay his stars, and core pieces and bring in depth players for cheap. He's going to use free agency as a secondary tool, not the primary one, to fill roster holes.

He had a very good start, unfortunately, he got to the point after the injury to Pronger where he was kind of caught. He was transitioning to the Giroux-Voracek-Simmonds forward core, and was hoping to have Pronger to anchor the defense for 4-5 more seasons.

When he went down, the doubling down and trading away more and more picks, and some of the questionable contracts left them in a rough spot. There was little in the system that could step in on a cheap ELC and teams started being more proactive to make sure their good young players would be locked up before they got to free agency.

I don't think he's incompetent, but he made some bad reads in free agency and that hurt. And while I have little doubt that the Flyers will be at or near the cap under Hextall, I don't think we're going to see a repeat of the huge contracts to fading players or the trading of picks for pending UFAs. Hextall is going to pay his stars, and core pieces and bring in depth players for cheap. He's going to use free agency as a secondary tool, not the primary one, to fill roster holes.
- Jsaquella

Agreed 100%. He had some blunders, but a lot of that was fallout from the Pronger injury. He was the key piece on the back end, and when he went down, Homer went into full band aid mode. Part of that falls on his unwillingness to address the blue line through thee draft, whether it be from poor picks or the absence of picks.

Agreed 100%. He had some blunders, but a lot of that was fallout from the Pronger injury. He was the key piece on the back end, and when he went down, Homer went into full band aid mode. Part of that falls on his unwillingness to address the blue line through thee draft, whether it be from poor picks or the absence of picks.
- jmatchett383

by the time the need to develop defensemen was made painfully obvious, he was in a squeeze where he had to bolster that pipeline while simultaneously helping the NHL blueline. It was a no win situation, albeit one he let himself get stuck in.

Oh god it's august

I never has the pleasure of watching Clarke play, aside from the alumni game, in person. Not all of us were there when Columbus found the new world.


- jmatchett383

Back in my day we had respect for our elders.

Back in my day we had respect for our elders.
- Scoob

In your day, there were no elders.

In your day, there were no elders.
- ThirdEye

Where'd all the new people come from then?

In your day, there were no elders.
- ThirdEye

Yep. What a cluster(frank) that team was.
- Jsaquella

It was hard to watch that season

In your day, there were no elders.
- ThirdEye

Pipe down, ya damn kids!

Where'd all the new people come from then?
- mayorofangrytown

They were the first ones.

I never has the pleasure of watching Clarke play, aside from the alumni game, in person. Not all of us were there when Columbus found the new world.

Bobby Clarke will always be the best Flyers player unless the Flyers get a Gretzky/Lemieux/Orr type of player. He just will be. I wish I could have watched him play live, as I don't think videos do him justice.
- jmatchett383

Clarke was my favorite with Lindros and Hexy close 2 and 3

It's provorov vs sanheim/fazleev on nhl network right now for all you OB wannabies

Where'd all the new people come from then?
- mayorofangrytown

The ribs of existing people.

They were the first ones.
- ThirdEye

Are you saying BiggE lacks a belly button?

Are you saying BiggE lacks a belly button?
- mayorofangrytown

He's a witch! BURN HIM!!!

Fazleev with the shorty! Provorov angled him off but a wicked wrister beats the Brandon goalie

After 1

Brandon - 0

Calgary - 1

It was hard to watch that season
- BiggE

Before that season you were a non drinker, right?

The ribs of existing people.
- jmatchett383